Second Edition

Title: The Power New Testament. Revealing Jewish Roots A Translation of the 1993 Fourth Edition United Bible Society Greek Text William J. MorfordDate: 1998Publisher: William J. MorfordContents: New TestamentReferences:Taliaferro-BVE CN00438, Taliaferro-EELBV 8515.110.Images:Cover, Title page

In the »Acknowledgement«, The translator refers to his third edition,
»This, the Third Edition, also the third printing of The Power New Testament, is greatly expanded from the first two printings. The Third Edition has more than 1,700 footnotes and a seventy page Glossary. Although William J. Morford was responsible for the translation of the Greek tex, a number of others contributed to the completion and accuracy of the work.« One Rabbi is mentioned, who, through his thorough knowledge, made considerable contributions to this volume: Eliezer Ben–Jehuda of the Beth El – Synagogue in Ponte Vedra FL.

In the very informative Preface, Morford lets the reader know:
»Many Jewish sources were studied. Among those were the Talmud, Mishna, and Zohar, but the full list includes many modern Jewish commentaries that draw upon those four, but also quote numerous ancient and more recent sources. (…) (…) A good companion Tanach (Old Testament) to go with The Power New Testament is the the-stone-edition Tanach, ArtScroll series. It is an excellent translation with limited commentary…..«

Morford, in his Preface, also defends his choice for the 4th, revised, UBS critical Novum Testamentum Graece as his base text against other text groups, e. g. the Byzantine one. This is further explained in the Glossary under "Manuscripts".

In the Preface Rev. Morford writes concerning his translation:
»The One New Man Bible also makes the Jewish Roots of Christianity come to life. This translation of the Hebrew scriptures has been editied from a public domain English translation. The English has been brought up to date and many words previously translated according to tradition have been changed to the literal. (…) The New Testament is The Power New Testament, a fresh translation of the Fourth Edition United Bible Society Greek text. An effort has been made to keep the text as free as possible from denominational biasses. and doctrinal interpretations.«
The text of the NT has been updated (compared to the 3rd ed. of 2003/ 2004) mainly with regard to the names.